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Aswān (governorate) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 23 18 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 23.3000 decimal degrees |
Long: 032 54 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 32.9000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The most southerly Egyptian governorate; contains the Aswān High Dam, one of world's great engineering works; major industries are related to the dam and tourism; area is rich in well-preserved ancient monuments; has iron ore and gold deposits. |
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Aswān (preferred,C,V,Arabic)
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Aswān (Arabic (transliterated),U)
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Muḩāfaz̧at Aswān (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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Aswān, Muḩāfaz̧at (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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Aswān, Muḥāfaẓat (C,V)
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Assuan (C,V)
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Assouan (C,V)
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Aswan (C,V,English)
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Aswân (C,V)
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Aswān governorate (C,O)
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Aswan, Mohafazat (NA,V)
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Aswān, Mudīrīyat (NA,V)
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EG16 (NA,V,FIPS)
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Mohafazat Aswan (NA,V)
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Mudīrīyat Aswān (NA,V)
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محافظة أسوان (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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أسوان (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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Muḩāfaz̧at Aswān (C,U,O,Arabic-P)
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Aswan Governorate (C,U,English)
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Aswān (governorate) (P) |
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governorate (preferred, C) |
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first level subdivision (C) |
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second level subdivision (H) |
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